Dixie Chic

The story of the dapper chef who popularized southern cooking—and other enticing cuisines.

Melanie Rehak

Memo to the Powers That Be:

When I die, I would like to be transported immediately, and in perpetuity, to the picnic that Craig Claiborne held on Gardiners Island, just off East Hampton, Long Island, on August 1, 1965. I will live there in a state of perfect bliss, feasting on the following Francophilic offerings:

1. Squab split and grilled with mustard and bread crumbs by Jean Vergnes (late of the ultrachic Colony in

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